Supported components
Independently of where the component is located (a cell in a grid, form, filter), Platform supports the following components:
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text field | an input field where typing a text |
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password (Form panel ONLY) | an input field where typing a password; real characters are not shown, instead a * is painted |
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a multi-line input field where typing plain text (no HTML) |
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HTML Editor (Form panel ONLY) | a multi-line input field where typing rich text, through a toolbar supporting text styles (size, alignment, etc) |
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HTML (Form panel ONLY) | a box where showing HTML retrieved from the server side (e.g. to show an iframe where embedding a PDF or an image) | |
number/currency field | an input field where typing a number, either an integer or a decimal, with or without a currency symbol; number format depends on the language |
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date field | an input field where typing a date having a specific format depending on the language; the date can also be chosen starting from a popup where a month based calendar is prompted |
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an input field where typing a date and time having a specific format depending on the language; the date can also be chosen starting from a popup where a month based calendar is prompted |
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two input fields where typing a couple of dates, in order to define a date interval; the date can also be chosen starting from a popup where a month based calendar is prompted. |
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time field | an input field where typing a time having a specific format depending on the language |
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static combo box | a combo box containing a static (prefixed) enumeration of values (e.g. Male/Famale or Yes/No); item descriptions depend on the language and behind the scenes a code is stored |
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dynamic combo box | a combo box containing an enumeration of values dynamically retrieved from the server (e.g. from a database table); item descriptions depend on the language and behind the scenes a code is stored. Not optimized for searches, sorting or large amount of data |
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a combo box containing an enumeration of values dynamically retrieved from the server (e.g. from a database table); item descriptions depend on the language and behind the scenes a code is stored. Helpful in filter panels to select multiple value to use to filter a grid/tree panel. |
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image combo box | a combo box containing an enumeration of images dynamically retrieved from the server (e.g. from a database table); not optimized for large amount of images | |
smart filter (Filter panel ONLY) | an input field where typing multiple texts; when typing a text, a combobox is shown below, in order to help the user choosing the desired text; each time a text is selected, it is converted to a tag. On the right of the input field, where is also a special button to open an advanced filter, shown as a popup, containing a filter panel. This filter is helpful when a grid or tree must be filtered by a list of values and only one filter is shown for filtering operations: the advanced filter will be opened only when needed. |
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| an input text field where typing a code to validate; often it is combined with one or more other read only text fields, where reporting additional information retrieved after the code validation (e.g. corporate name after custom code validation). It also contains a button whose click opens a popup containing a grid where showing all available codes, instead of typing one (when the code is unknown) |
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lookup button | a button whose click opens a popup containing grid where showing all available codes, instead of typing one (when the code is unknown). Helpful when there is not a code to type (validate) |
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lookup multi-code button (Filter panel ONLY) | an input text field where typing one or more codes to validate and used later to filter the content of a grid or tree; when a code is validated, it is added to the "code list" and the input field is cleared up to allow the validation of other codes. Often it is combined with one or more other read only text fields, where reporting additional information retrieved after the code validation (e.g. corporate name after custom code validation). It also contains a button whose click opens a popup containing a grid where showing all available codes, instead of typing one (when the code is unknown); multiple selection is allowed. It also contains a second button to clear up all the selected codes. |
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multi-value tree | similar to the previous one, but the lookup button opens a tree instead of a grid. | similar to the previous one |
tree lookup | a button whose click opens a popup containing a tree: nodes can be expanded and any node can be double clicked to select an item | |
checkbox | a switcher used when there is only one condition to select/unselect |
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radiobutton | to use when there is a group of radio buttons and one only of those buttons can be selected |
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label (Form panel ONLY) | a (multiline) text to show, helpful when the text is always read only |
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button | a clickable button | |
image | an image to show, starting from an URL retrieved from the server | |
file selector | a button whose click opens a popup showing buttons to upload, downloads, preview a file. When clicking the upload button, a system window is shown, in order to select a file from the local file system; it can be used to upload a file to the server. |
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image selector | it is composed of two parts: - an image preview - a button whose click opens a popup showing buttons to upload, downloads, preview the image. When clicking the upload button, a system window is shown, in order to select an image from the local file system; it can be used to upload an image to the server |
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progress bar | a progress bar showing a colored bar |
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